The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1887-10-20
was constantly engaged in holding the
EG5erals in rbnol, S VIZ

was constantly engaged in holding til
Federals in check. ~
On tue occasion, during the retrca
iron SmithVillo to Raleigh, the artillery
which was quite large BODY, IA It hn,
most OF the guns Of General Johnston,
army, with much reserve Gm,nupition
hecame embedded III q morasy or boo y,
the road, and time was necessary to OK
dEc2tC 1t and corduroy the road. NTaio
L. u. Barker waa sCnt TO the rear to us
such means rs might DO at his comman,
I'd gam tho necessary timn. The lCfl
HSorBin was then i'll thn extreme renr r.
our col''mn. 1t WAS faced about apt
ooPioy"h III piece Cf wooded Ian,
crossing the ro.''. Major Barker tool
nih position ID the Igrut Of tho comn,pI
"lcoout even avalii0g himself Of t!,t
cover OF the large riAcs, which gly,
Eonlo protection 20 tho mon of tho Tcpi
| mont o
Before long Tire advance ehirmi.hers
ot 'ho G"efni lolco came in sight They
LAGGHded entirely ucru3B the lar. o opeJ
Heiu III our front and OYcrlnDl,e1 rnu
troops on both Iiarks.
1t w&S manifest that orr pos;t;n,, ,,,,.
n1ntehahI", Jet Major Barker WAS scut
there to hold it until a gun sbon,d ir'I;'
cate that our artillery was once moro IN
Gnc march. ANY man who looked ah Lix
cIcnr3nt profile and COMPRESSED lins
couid read there the det .rmiuotion fo
carry ont those orders, even if VIZ l,,t
our "hoio command. There ar3 many
Sor58 or pcrlI8 III war, and va7ions tvnrs
o1 courage may be seen, with solan,jn,oS
a conRplcuOns absence of that quality.
VI "ll trials none can exceed that OF a
man who knows and realizes his dancer
} eE races 1t firmly for dut, u sake.
Major Barker had been tnico ,,ou,d-
ca ne knew that it was only II question
Oh lew moments when The w!jistling
"u'ictS would give us more music than
we waited. Ho knew that thcre was to
oo DO excitement TO nerve rs; tGat va,
were TOO weak to make d charge, whore
~, HehSc 81 ddnSCr i, drowned in tGn
ninl Whnrl Of the blood liz know wnli
!ilat II Slot there our bottles, n.ivc ~.
dead, would lalt iAtD tho hands rf tl;a
enemy. Yet there he sat, his fila f,r<
iooFi"t; Like carved crmao. Yol,r I!
respondent admits that ho vas y.ry ln,J- |
y scared, but what was to be ConL2
%0t'ni s, except 10 wait and mako thr
oSst "o could of tie coming uormrJ .
;tnteSN, aud hope for success. 0nr
'h&hc4s were slim, indeed. Tn,.ir puns
'ou'd out reach ours, they were ntoo$,
We "er" mounted. Iliey mad I4,., a.er,s,
3i>{U',AtTtrr With :. year OF Fast iucccss,
No w"ro depressed with past and present
,lisEnrtuUcH. Il was = ~ iDg tine. Yet
.Gpr" Barker SAT, iucNurubic us iuio .ul
;:.!m aS ulnnILD@Nt.
Presently ij4o iirO 0peuc;i ard lJy gn0l
'rvk ti'a Eed"rejn uyor,ilpt lis. They |
'"ur'. using long rua&E r.ll>a GId 10 were
-}o close. They cut tllu tree lnGla oyor
Jur 4vnl; ANA cAEat0 Es to wiur0 with .
!AG herr@-4 OF al occasional shell ne !
roiurucd tho tirc-au0 toe lino stopped. !
We w~ru ordered 20 Continue 10 tire !
rapidly SO rs to cauHo our numher to % !
overcstimatcd. We did su-and the !
eft cl dusircti WAS l,rululed. low nuXi- !
oUely lie So,Wl OF that gun MAS "glted !
iur 10 han c,n MI. Ee:uy2 Il, j0lG ;
VS. hH@g,t the Federal lnn AE1 h,cn TO- !
;tIl hnl rycuMnvHciG It's nd- ,
vance. The &igUAi came DnIn :u0 COON
t. @.1Y" CIR WnriC command from capture
or from obstruction.
Many q ;mr g'nc~ il &hinlii:.g over the !
ovcrts oE tAc wartime your rorrt&D0nd- !
@nt has seen IL his "mjnU'a CO" tie
toun Of M"jor Barker sitting; b&,:l wait
ing fOr The sound Of th.V Hpn, whose
dctOnution bis living c,,r. might noYc~
b&Vc heard, man chained ~ iLllcXiblo
o1e1.cnco to orders 10 a post where duty
looked squarely into the jaws Of death.
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